Chapter 64 Distribution of Food
The magnitude of the problem is beyond human imagination. If the land is deserted and the peasants have no intention of working, how can we talk about agricultural reform.
First of all, it is necessary to let them fill their stomachs, but the entire Meicheng has a population of 300,000, as the supreme governor of a place, how can he ignore it.
The problem needs to be solved urgently, and it is conservatively estimated that there are more than 30,000 peasants who cannot meet the needs of food and clothing, accounting for one-tenth of the total.
If the problem of food and clothing for more than 30,000 people is not solved for a long time, it is very easy to cause a popular uprising, and they must open warehouses to release grain. However, opening a warehouse and releasing grain can not solve the problem for a long time, but can only solve the urgent need.
Mei Xiaohan suddenly felt that she was under a lot of pressure, and she was carrying the entire people of Meicheng, if they didn't eat well or enough, they had an unshirkable responsibility.
So an emergency meeting was convened:
Zhang Liang, Liu Sinian, Liu Sihao, Zhang Yun and the commander of the Hulu Army "Luo Zhen".
Zhang Liang first expressed his opinion, believing that it is necessary to carry out disaster relief, and this situation is not caused by natural disasters, but because of years of war.
At this moment, the grain hoarded in the granary of "Meicheng" is less than 5,000 stones, and these grains are all military rations, if there is a war, the soldiers will have no food to eat.
The world has just been calmed down, and there are still wars in many places, and Mei Xiaohan is undecided.
"Which of you has an idea?"
Some people have proposed a work division system, in which the labor day is used as the unit of measurement for the labor input of members, and a labor day indicates the amount of labor completed by a medium labor force in one day.
A working day is further divided into 10 parts. The main method for calculating the number of points
(1) Record work by piece, that is, determine the due work according to the work quota completed by the member.
(2) "Dead and live evaluation", that is, according to the strength and skill level of each member's labor force to evaluate the number of work days that should be obtained, and then evaluate according to the actual performance in labor, to determine the extra points, subtraction points or according to the original standard score.
(3) "Rote scores", that is, according to the strength of the labor force and the level of skills of the members, the work points due to each working day are evaluated, and then the points are scored according to the actual attendance time.
(4) Contracted labor, that is, the cooperative calculates a certain number of production tasks in advance according to the work quota and contracts them to the production team to complete.
Modern people know that China once implemented the labor division system, which was initially implemented as a seasonal contractor called "small contractor", and later appeared as a perennial contractor called "large contractor". Some cooperatives stipulate output standards on the basis of perennial contracted labor and implement an overproduction incentive system. In the case of this grading system, the remuneration received by a worker depends on the amount of labor he earns for his participation in collective production and the value of his work.
Soon this system was denied, because this distribution system completely ignored the actual labor attitude and work quality, and more work could not be rewarded, and laziness would not be punished, so it caused great harm to the labor enthusiasm of the members.
"Don't mention this backward system, once someone is lazy, it will lead to a delay in the progress of work."
"I think we can implement a piece rate system!" Liu Si read.
The reason why she put forward such an idea is because Liu Sinian's mother works in a factory, and her source of salary is piecework.
Piece-rate wages refer to wages calculated according to the quantity of qualified products and pre-defined piece-rate units. It does not directly use labor hours to measure labor remuneration, but uses the fruits of labor within a certain period of time to calculate labor remuneration.
Farmers are paid according to the quantity of products or the amount of work they do.
This method is very reasonable, and more work is more rewarding, but people with special circumstances can be given some care.
Everyone who participates in the labor force is guaranteed a meal to eat, and on this basis, they are given some allowance.
At the meeting, it was decided to use one village as a pilot and bring all the people together. It is good for them to instill their minds first and let them know that this kind of program is good.
Immediately, an organization was temporarily formed: the leader was Mei Xiaohan, who was elected by the organization as an agricultural reform inspector, and Zhang Yun was recommended as a deputy agricultural reform inspector.
The first stop is "Wencheng Village!" ”
When Mei Xiaohan came here with a group of more than 100 people, these bitter villagers all looked at these strangers who suddenly entered.
When the bare-bottomed children saw someone coming, they spread their feet and ran into the village, just as a wolf sees a big bad wolf.
A few brave young adults did not run away like everyone else, but guarded the entrance of the village like strong men.
"You... Who are you? What to do here! ”
The barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes, and the already poor jingle is naturally not afraid of someone coming to grab something.
At this moment, there is no practical action to say anything, so Mei Xiaohan waved her hand and motioned for the people who came to move the things they brought out.
"This is Lord Mei from the city, and she is here to bring you food!"
"Bring all the villagers to the entrance of the village!"
In the past, they had only heard that it was the first time that those who grabbed food in the village took the initiative to send them food, and Mei Xiaohan also implemented Zhao Kuangyin's policy of recuperation and recuperation.
The five dynasties of the Song Dynasty were in turmoil, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, the political and economic situation was unstable.
During the Five Dynasties, feudal towns were divided, warlords were fighting, warriors were arrogant, and soldiers supported or deposed emperors. Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao's mutiny, and the addition of yellow robes are the special products of this special era.
Zhao Kuangyin himself was born poor, and he knows very well about the people at the bottom, and knows that the trauma caused to them by the war is very great.
The villagers obviously still couldn't believe that someone would come to their village to deliver food and stand there motionless.
It was only when bags of grain were brought that they came to their senses.
So Mei Xiaohan issued an order: according to the population, children under the age of 15 are each given three buckets of grain, and adults over the age of 15 are five buckets of grain.
One stone = ten buckets in ancient times
Han Dynasty: In the Han Dynasty, one liter was equal to 200 milliliters now, so one bucket was equal to 2,000 milliliters, so one bucket was equal to 2 kilograms. (Interim)
Tang Dynasty: One bucket = 6.25 jin (Zhenguan period)
Song Dynasty: One stone in the Song Dynasty = 92.5 Song Jin, 1 Song Jin = 640 grams in today's society, according to the conversion, one stone in the Song Dynasty = 59.2 kg in today's society. That is, one bucket = 11.84 catties.
When the villagers learned the news, they rushed to tell each other and behaved very excitedly. I can't wait to eat on weekdays, but now I suddenly learned that someone wants to deliver food for free, and I can't believe it.
The villagers who received the food did not leave, because they still couldn't believe it, and the villagers who had been holding rice and flour in their hands for a long time did not dare to leave.
As the saying goes: eat people with a soft mouth, take people with short hands.
At this moment, Mei Xiaohan will give his speech again, and no one will be inappropriate. This is the way of the master, if you want a person to obey, you must meet his physical needs, and it is also the most basic need.